Opinion polls and the media
Subtitle: reflecting and shaping public opinion
By: edited by Christina Holtz-Bacha, Jesper Strömbäck
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780230278899
Subjects: Public opinion; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy; Mass media and public opinion; PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General; Public opinion polls
Description: "A collection of original essays drawing together international research on the media's use of opinion polls, covering both theoretical and methodological approaches"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: The Media and Their Use of Opinion Polls: Reflecting and Shaping Public Opinion / J. Strömbäck; title: PART I: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES; title: Public Opinion and Opinion Polling: A Complex Relationship / S. Splichal; title: Regulation of Opinion Polls: A Comparative Perspective / T. Petersen; title: Methodological Trends and Controversies in the Media's Use of Opinion Polls / M. Traugott; title: PART II: THE MEDIA'S PUBLICATION OF OPINION POLLS; title: Opinion Polls and the Media in Germany: A Productive but Critical Relationship / C. Holtz-Bacha; title: Opinion Polls and the Media in the United States / K. Francovic; title: Opinion Polls and the Media in Brazil / F. Biroli, L.F. Miguel & F. Ferreira Mota; title: Opinion Polls and the Media in Australia / S. Mills & R. Tiffen; title: Opinion Polls and the Media in South Africa /  R. Mattes; title: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Public Opinion Polling in Taiwan / L. Willnat, Ven-hwei Lo & A. Aw; title: PART III: EFFECTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF PUBLISHED OPINION POLLS; title: Attitudinal and Behavioral Consequences of Published Opinion Polls / P. Moy & E.M. Rinke; title: Published Opinion Polls, Strategic Party Behavior, and News Management / J. Strömbäck; title: Opinion Polls, the Media and the Political System / C. Holtz-Bacha; title: Index.